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Danish vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
5   
10

National Language
Spain   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
22   
12
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Hallo   

Thank You
Gracias   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
God nat   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
God morgen   

Please
Por Favor   
Please   

Sorry
triste   
Undskyld!   

Bye
adiós   
Farvel   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Island of Bornholm   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
danois   

German Name
Spanisch   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
210 BC   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
dan   

ISO 639 3
spa   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Spanish and Danish Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Danish language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Danish Language History.

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Spanish and Danish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Danish language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Danish Difficulty

The Spanish vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Danish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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